CHAPTER 9

WHAT AN AMAZING WORLD!

You Should Know

You have just listened to a report on an animal. A report

gives you information about something (animals,
natural phenomena, plants, etc.). A report starts from
general information to details, such as physical
description, habitat, diet, and breeding system. The
subject of a report is not specific but general. Learn
more about this kind of text.
About the text
The first paragraph of an information report on pages
126 and 127 introduces us to the orangutans and gives
us some general information.
The general information is
called the identification or
general statement.
And the rest is called
description.
 Classifies and names
About the text the classes
General
Statement/Identification
Tells the reader
what the
information is about
The Generic Structure
of a Report:
Description Title
Find action verbs in the text about
orangutans on pages 126–127.

Do you still remember action verbs?

When you can picture the “doing” actions

physically or mentally, we can call the verbs
action verbs.
Read the explanation.
Like adjectives, adverbs have a comparison and a
superlative form. You use them for comparing the
way people/animals do things.
You use more to make the comparative form of an
adverb and the most to make the superlative form.
A bike goes swiftly.
The deer runs more swiftly.
The cheetah runs the most
swiftly.
Read the explanation.

With adverbs that don’t end with –ly, you add –er
and –est to form the comparative and
superlative.

A bike goes fast.

A car goes faster.
A plane goes the fastest.
You Should Know
Tense Active Passive
Simple Present • Students often • Library books are P
am borrow library often borrowed by A V
are books. students.
is • Adi conducts the • The orchestra is S O
+ V3 orchestra. conducted by Adi.
S I
Present • Hunters are • Orangutans are I C
Continuous killing being killed by
am orangutans. hunters. V E
are + being
is
• The waves are
washing away
• The sandcastle is
being washed away
E
+ V3 the sandcastle. by the waves.
You Should Know
Tense Active Passive
Present Perfect • Philip Cocu has • Five goals have been P
has scored five goals. scored by Philip Cocu.
have + V3 • The workers have • The house has been A V
painted the house. painted by the
workers.
S O
S I
Simple Future
(with Modals)
• The nurse will
look after killing
• He will be looked
after by the nurse.
I C
will him. • The books must be V E
shall • The students must returned on time.
can + being return the books E
must + V3 on time.